WELLINGTON, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted central New Zealand on Thursday evening, according to New Zealand's geoscience research service provider.
It struck at 21:07 local time (0907 GMT) 30 km northeast of French Pass at a depth of 51 km, said the GNS Science.
More than 43,000 people reported feeling the quake and there are no reports of casualties so far. ■